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Willemite - Sold
- Franklin mine
- Franklin
- Sussex County
- New Jersey
- U.S.A.
- 4.7 by 3.5 by 2.8 cm – Miniature specimen (fits into a 5 cm cube)
Willemite is a simple zinc silicate mineral named in honor of King Willem of the Netherlands (Levy, 1830). Willemite here forms a vein of tightly packed pale yellow to orange hexagonal crystals cutting calcite-franklinite ore. The maximal crystal length is 3 mm. There are a few scattered pockets hosting microscopic crystal with terminations.
This specimen comes with a vintage John S. Albanese mineral label.
